IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION ORIGINAL SIDE Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Sugato Majumdar CS/162/2020 SMT. BHAVYA BOTHRA VS SMT. SUDHA KANKARIA For the Plaintiff : Mr. Aritra Basu, Adv.

Mr. Ratul Das, Adv.

Mr. Dwip Raj Basu, Adv.

Mr. Avijit Kar, Adv.

For the Defendant : Mr. Subrata Goswami, Adv.

Mr. Debrup Bhattacharjee, Adv.

Hearing concluded on : 05/12/2025 Judgment on : 17/12/2025 Sugato Majumdar, J.:

This is a suit for recovery of money.

The sum and substance of the plaint case may be summarized as follows:

a) The Plaintiff is a house-wife and over a period of time has earned and accumulated funds.

b) The Defendant, having long-time acquaintance with the Plaintiff and sought for one time loan accommodation in the first week of the month of April 2014 for business purpose.

c) Pursuant to discussions between the parties herein they agreed on

09/04/2014 that the Plaintiff shall provide a loan of Rs.25,00,000/- as a short time financial accommodation. The Defendant agreed to pay interest at a rate of 15% per annum from time to time. The loan should be repayable within three months of the demand of such refund by the Plaintiff.

d) The agreement arose at 87, Len